CO 777 tailstrike på EWR

[LN-SEK]

CO 777 tailstrike på EWR

CO 777 EWR - HKG fikk tailstrike på 9 mars ser det ut til. De dumpet fuel og returnerte.

Hele bakre bulkhead må byttes, halen må demonteres. Arbeidet skal utføres av Boeing. Noen sier det var windshear, andre at pilotene må klandres....

Det gjelder Ship 008 N78008.

Kanskje Dag har mer info ?

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2005658/

 

[Falcon]

Re: CO 777 tailstrike på EWR

Litt av en historie... Det skal bli interessant å se NTSB-rapporten.

Det spekuleres i samme tråden om en FedEx DC-10 slepte halen på EWR samme dag, muligens (også) pga. vindskjær. Kan muligens forklare at det står en maskin på EWR med presenninger over akterskroget. Jeg tok dette nokså uskarpe bildet av flyet mandag kveld:

 

[KLMNordic]

Re: CO 777 tailstrike på EWR

Var nå på EWR den dagen og det blåste noe inn i hampen i hvertfall.....

 

[CK]

Re: CO 777 tailstrike på EWR

Continental 777-200 damages aft bulkhead during Newark takeoff
Darren Shannon, Washington DC (30Mar05, 22:39 GMT, 208 words)


A Continental Airlines Boeing 777-200 on March 2 suffered substantial damage to its aft pressure bulkhead after the aircraft failed to properly takeoff from runway 4R at New York Newark.

A US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report says the aircraft’s tail hit the runway after initial liftoff failed.

The aircraft returned immediately to Newark after a successfully takeoff. No injuries were reported among the 14 crew and 198 passengers.

The aircraft, N78008, was operating as flight 99 to Hong Kong. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, says the NTSB. The incident occurred at 15:50.

“According to a representative of the operator, the airplane was departing from runway 4R, an 11,000 ft long, 150 ft wide (3,300m x 50m) asphalt runway. As the airplane was rotated, it lifted off the runway, momentarily settled back to the ground, and lifted off a second time. Suspecting that the tail of the airplane struck the ground, the pilot elected to return to the airport, where it landed uneventfully,” says the NTSB report.

An initial review by US FAA, Boeing and Continental inspectors uncovered scrape marks on the underside of the aircraft’s tail section. “Further examination revealed substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead,” notes the NTSB.

Continental was not immediately available for comment.


Source: Air Transport Intelligence news